CINEMA DU LOOK, by NICHOLAS LANGLEY

CINEMA DU LOOK

by NICHOLAS LANGLEY

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Beautiful and strictly limited 1st edition on 'Dijon Mustard' coloured vinyl reflecting the exclusively commissioned cover design by Eric Adrian Lee and the themes of the album itself.

Hand numbered copies feature OBI strip, anti static inner sleeve and plastic over bag.
Catalogue number: SOOC LP11

Includes digital pre-order of CINEMA DU LOOK. You get 12 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

digital album releases June 30, 2024

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Pre-order of CINEMA DU LOOK. You get 12 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.

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releases June 30, 2024

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	1.	LE MÉTRO 04:14
	2.	PURSUIT OF THE CASSETTE 02:48
	3.	L'INTRIGUE 01:43
	4.	PROMENADE 02:54
	5.	GETAWAY TRAIN 04:30
	6.	DANSER DANS UNE GARE DÉSERTE 02:35
	7.	DIVA 02:47
	8.	PLACE DE LA BASTILLE 03:25
	9.	TAXI À BARBÈS 03:35
	10.	ROLLERSKATE GIRL 03:11
	11.	ZOUK LOOK 03:14
	12.	POUR JEAN-JACQUES 01:53

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A RAZOR SHARP TRIBUTE TO THE ULTRA STYLISH 1980s – 1990s NEW WAVE OF FRENCH CINEMA – DUBBED ‘CINÉMA DU LOOK’ – AND ITS TRÈS COOL SOUNDTRACKS

Femme Fatales with big guns, coolly efficient assassins, highly sexed and impossibly beautiful kleptomaniacs, Paris Métro signs, wet cobbled streets – and neon, always lots of neon; the visual aesthetics of the Cinéma Du Look movement of the early 1980s to early 1990s were as important as the characters in the films themselves.

Identified by Revue du Cinéma critic Raphaël Bassan in its May 1989 issue, ‘Cinéma Du Look’ principally revolved around the cinematic output of three French film directors: Jean-Jacques Beineix (Diva, Betty Blue), Luc Besson (Subway, Nikita) and Leos Carax (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf).

Weathering the inevitable criticism that these movies were as much about style as substance, the influence of Cinéma Du Look’s visuals and its identifiably 1980s soundtracks can still be felt today in the films of Nicholas Winding Refn (Drive, The Neon Demon). This album is inspired by the music of Éric Serra, Gabriel Yared and Vladimir Cosma, and all of those who dare to mix high culture with pop culture – to very cool effect.

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releases June 30, 2024

Nicholas Langley: Fairlight Vogel CMI, Figure, Yamaha SY85, Yamaha Reface CS, Yamaha PSR500, Animoog, pianos, melodica.

Alasdair Willis: Saxophone, piano.

Paul Holland: Bass guitar

David Dilliway: Electric Guitar

Anaïs: Vocals

1, 3, 8, 12 written by Nicholas Langley
2, 4, 9, 11 written by Nicholas Langley & Alasdair Willis
7, 10 written by Nicholas Langley & Paul Holland
5 written by Nicholas Langley, Paul Holland & David Dilliway
6 written by Nicholas Langley & David Dilliway

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